Eternal Life by Daily Divination

Deep within the Yin Soul Sect, in a secret chamber.

A Soul Lamp suddenly went out.

Wu Gu, seated cross-legged in the depths of the secret chamber, suddenly opened his eyes.

”Master Yuan!”

The Soul Lamp that had gone out belonged to Yuan Tianxuan.

「A moment later.」

The auras of more than twenty Demonic Golden Core Cultivators erupted from deep within the Yin Soul Sect.

Wu Gu led the group, seething with killing intent. They searched everywhere for a long time but found nothing.

”Li Fan!”

His face was filled with murderous intent, his tone ice-cold.

”With Master Yuan’s Divination Skill, he couldn’t have failed to foresee his own doom. The only way this could have happened is if Li Fan attacked him!”

Wu Gu almost instantly thought of Li Chang’an.

He immediately gave an order to a Vice Sect Leader.

”Send word of what happened here back to the Yan Country. Request a true Tier Four Divination Grandmaster to take action. We must divine that Li Fan’s location!”

”Yes!”

Soon, a message left the Yin Soul Sect, speeding toward the northern Yan Country.

...

「At the same time.」

On Changqing Mountain, deep within his cave residence.

Li Chang’an was taking stock of the spoils from his trip.

Spiritual Light flashed in his hand, and a Tier Three Venerable Soul Banner appeared.

’This old bastard really had a lot of souls. Two million seven hundred thousand of them! But the quality is too poor; there are far too many mortal souls.’

Li Chang’an much preferred the souls of Cultivators.

Even the soul of a mere Qi Refining First Layer Cultivator was far stronger than a mortal’s soul.

’Oh well, I can’t be greedy.’

He shook his head slightly and casually tossed this Soul Banner to his own.

The number of souls within the two Soul Banners combined...

...now exceeded six million!

The large number of mortal souls caused the overall quality of the combined collection to drop even further.

However, quantity made up for the lack of quality.

With so many souls providing power to the Evil Soul at once, it was enough for him to match a Late Stage Golden Core Cultivator.

Li Chang’an continued to rummage through the Storage Pouch and quickly found the Treasures needed for the Venerable Soul Banner to recover to Tier Three Top Grade.

”Eat up!”

He took out the Treasures and tossed them to the Venerable Soul Banner.

”Thank... you... Master...”

The Artifact Spirit’s stuttering voice rang out.

A dense black mist billowed out and devoured all the Treasures.

「A moment later.」

The Venerable Soul Banner’s Tier successfully recovered to Tier Three Top Grade.

But this was not its highest Tier.

Li Chang’an had communicated with the Artifact Spirit and learned that the Venerable Soul Banner originated from the Nether Prison Sect, one of the Nine Ancient Major Sects.

It had been refined into its final form by a Tier Five Refiner from the Nether Prison Sect.

At its peak, the Venerable Soul Banner had reached Tier Five Top Grade!

However, it had been shattered during a great calamity.

It still had a long way to go to be fully restored to its peak condition.

’One step at a time. There’s no rush.’

For Li Chang’an, its current Tier was just barely sufficient.

With a thought, he drew upon the power of the more than six million Sub-Souls, channeling all of it into the Evil Soul.

In the blink of an eye, the Evil Soul’s Tier reached Tier Three Late Stage.

Li Chang’an asked him, ”Have you comprehended any new Magic?”

The Evil Soul scratched his head. ”No, still nothing.”

”How strong is your Netherworld Evil Domain?”

”Trapping a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator is no problem. Even powerful figures like a Saint Child or a Saintess would find it difficult to shatter it instantly. At the very least, I can trap them for a few breaths.”

’Not bad.’

Li Chang’an nodded slightly, reasonably satisfied.

’A Netherworld Evil Domain cast by a Tier Three Late Stage Evil Soul should be able to trap Liu Feiyan for a short while.’

’In a life-or-death battle, a single moment can change everything.’

He continued to sort through the remaining Treasures.

Soon, Spiritual Light flashed in his hand, and a Jade Scroll appeared.

’A Tier Four Low Grade Divination inheritance!’

The corners of Li Chang’an’s mouth lifted into a slight smile. This was the first Tier Four inheritance he had ever obtained.

He probed it with his Divine Sense for a brief look.

The contents of the inheritance were mostly profound and complex, like an indecipherable heavenly script to an outsider.

For most Cultivators, the Divination Skill was even more difficult to master than other Skills like Alchemy or Artifact Refining.

With ordinary Skills, one could still make progress through diligent practice, even with poor talent.

But the Divination Skill was different.

If one lacked talent, it could take decades just to reach the Entry-Level.

Li Chang’an, however, was an exception.

Perhaps due to the influence of the Divinations, he learned the art of Divination remarkably quickly.

Now, after just a casual browse through the inheritance’s contents, his Divination Skill was already showing signs of a breakthrough from Tier Two Middle Grade to Tier Two Top Grade.

’From now on, I’ll multitask and practice Divination while I do my Body Refinement.’

Li Chang’an made up his mind.

Facing the increasingly chaotic Cultivation Immortality Realm, he had to gain the ability to perform Divination at will. He couldn’t just passively wait for the Divinations to appear.

After all, he still didn’t know what caused the Divinations to appear.

If the Divinations were to suddenly vanish one day, never to return, he would be in serious trouble.

He reined in his thoughts and continued to rummage through the Storage Pouch.

Inside the Storage Pouch were numerous Treasures related to Divination, such as various types of Turtle Shells and Beast Bones.

’It’s a shame there are no Tier Four Turtle Shells.’

Li Chang’an felt a twinge of regret. The highest-Tier Turtle Shell among them was only a Tier Three Top Grade.

’Then again, that made sense.’

’Yuan Tianxuan’s Divination Skill hadn’t reached Tier Four, and his Cultivation was stagnant at the Golden Core Stage. It would have been very difficult for him to obtain a Tier Four Treasure.’

After a while, Li Chang’an finished taking stock.

He put away the Storage Pouch and released Yuan Tianxuan’s Soul.

Even now, Yuan Tianxuan’s Soul was still in a daze, unable to accept the fact that he was dead.

”You’re not Li Fan... you’re Li Chang’an of Changqing Mountain?”

”It seems I’m quite famous, for Daoist Yuan to recognize me.”

”Of course I know you! The first person in the Southern Domain in a thousand years to achieve Core Formation with a Low Grade Spirit Root!”

Yuan Tianxuan’s expression was wary. As he spoke, he covertly surveyed his surroundings.

Then, he suddenly realized.

”Wait, that means Li Fan was just your alias!”

”Mm.”

Li Chang’an gave a slight nod.